Current Affairs

This morning former Prime Minister Najib Razak was brought to court to be charged. Three charges of criminal breach of trust were laid against him. We dissect the press conference given by Attorney General Tommy Thomas.

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This morning former Prime Minister Najib Razak was brought to court to be charged. Three charges of criminal breach of trust were laid against him. Today we speak to veteran Pakatan politician Tony Pua, who first raised the question of trouble at 1MDB.

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This morning former Prime Minister Najib Razak was brought to court to be charged. Three charges of criminal breach of trust were laid against him. Today we explore wide reverberations of the charging of Najib Razak on several counts of criminal breach of trust.

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This morning former Prime Minister Najib Razak was brought to court to be charged. Three charges of criminal breach of trust were laid against him. Today we explore the implications of Najib Razak’s charges for his party UMNO.

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This morning former Prime Minister Najib Razak was brought to court to be charged. Three charges of criminal breach of trust were laid against him. Today we explore the Pakatan Harapan side of the saga of Najib Razak and the 1MDB scandal.

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This morning former Prime Minister Najib Razak was brought to court to be charged. Three charges of criminal breach of trust were laid against him. Today we explore the implications of the charging of Najib Razak.

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This morning former Prime Minister Najib Razak was brought to court to be charged. Three charges of criminal breach of trust were laid against him. Today we explore what we can anticipate in terms of the legal process.

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The Prime Minister’s Department (PMD) will see a massive overhaul with over 90 agencies and departments being streamlined to 26 entities. Nine agencies have also been given the green light to operate as independent entities and that will report directly to Parliament. Among them are the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, the Election Commission, Human Rights Commission of Malaysia and the National Audit Department.

Simon Lim, a member of the board of governors from the Center For A Better Tomorrow, or CENBET, shares his thoughts on this move.

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Tomorrow Umno will vote to choose their President. This comes a month after the resignation of Najib Razak, the former Prime Minister. Seven contenders have thrown their names into the ring for the bid to be Umno’s next president and eyes are on the current Umno vice president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and former Umno youth chief Khairi Jamaludin. Today we ask what UMNO members want.

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In a historic moment for Umno, candidates for the Umno president’s post will be taking each other on in a live telecast debate scheduled later today at 9:30pm on Astro Awani.  However, only three out of the seven contesting are taking part in this debate, and the three are current Umno vice president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi,  Umno veteran Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and former Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin.  Ahead of the debate, we speak to moderator Kamarul Bahrin Haron.

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